Emma+Morris

Emma Adams Morris, age 29, of Jacksonville, Illinois, died at 3:00 the morning of July 16, 1903.

An investigation found that she had tried a do-it-yourself abortion with an instrument given to her by a friend, Belle Osborne.

The abortion had caused septic peritonitis that took Emma's life. She was about 29 years old, and left two children motherless in the care of her husband, John.

For more on pre-legalization abortion, see [|The Bad Old Days of Abortion] Source:


 * "Woman Caused Her Own Death", //The Quincy Daily Journal//, July 17, 1903

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